Sebastian Marin among 23 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series split winners at Las Vegas

It’s too early to call in the case for who will make the 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series top-30, but a number of drivers have already stated their claims for it, including this week’s Top Split winner, Sebastian Marin.

While it wasn’t on the level of Daytona, Las Vegas Motor Speedway still brought 822 drivers out to compete among 23 splits on Tuesday night. Marin took the pole position in the Top Split race, but didn’t lead the most laps. A rogue caution set him back even further during the pit cycle, but a late caution allowed for Marin to strategize his way back to the top on a two-tire call. At the end of it, Marin was able to hang on for the victory, taking the points lead in the process.

After two races, behind Marin is Daniel Faulkingham, Daytona’s Top Split winner, as well as a Second Split standout, with a win and second place through the first two rounds, Wyatt Gray. Other former eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series competitors that find themselves in the top-30 include Garrett Manes in fifth, Eddie Kerner in seventh, Nate Stewart in 10th, Quentin Warman in 11th, Michael Cosey Jr in 16th, and Wyatt Tinsley in 17th.

TOP SPLIT

Marin led the field to the green in the Top Split festivities, but Garrett Manes took control shortly after the green. With 100 laps on the board, and the size of the fuel cell in these NASCAR Craftsman Trucks, fuel strategy was on display almost immediately. That didn’t stop 4-Time eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series champion Ray Alfalla from moving up through the field, taking the lead on Lap 15 from the 14th starting spot.

For the rest of the first half, the field attempted to sort itself out behind Alfalla, who would burn the most fuel and potentially the most tire running out front. Marin, Manes, Andrew Navarro, Shawn Conklin, and more all jockeyed for position, to be in the best possible spot for the pit stop coming around halfway. Alfalla peeled off first, taking Conklin with him. The next time by, Marin opted to pit. As the field came around for the third wave, disaster struck at pit entry.

Kenny Brady was attempting to pit among that group. The trucks in front of Brady were lower, but also slower than he expected, which forced him to slow up in the center lane. Behind Brady was John Forbes Jr, who was not pitting and couldn’t react in time to the slow truck in the center lane. This triggered the big one, involving many hopefuls, including Brian Mercurio, Michael Frisch, Adam Garza, Matt Bussa, Cosey Jr, and Kayden Diederich.

Navarro and Faulkingham now found themselves at the front of the field, and for the first part of the second half, it was Faulkingham in control through a number of cautions and restarts. Eventually, Faulkingham’s tires fell off, allowing Navarro to take back control, but with a charging Wyatt Tinsley closing in. Another caution, and another chance to pit after some green flag racing set up the final 11 laps with some strategy in play.

Marin, who restarted outside the top-10 after the crash at halfway, was now back in the lead, but on two tires with Morton, Cody Johnson, and Warman also on the same strategy. The race would get a few more cautions, which led to eNASCAR Overtime. On the final restart, Tinsley was able to clear into second, but ran out of time as Marin took the checkered flag.

AROUND THE OTHER SPLITS

Third Split was on display on the broadcast alongside the Top Split. In eNASCAR Overtime as well, Joe Armstrong was able to get the advantage over Max Brady and hung on for the victory, his first of the season. In fact, Marin and Armstrong were two of 21 new winners this week across the 23 splits. Two drivers were able to add another win to their Daytona wins—Jake Hoepner down in 13th Split was one of them, but the other is making a case for the top-30 over in Fifth Split, that being Aiden Bierlein.

While Fourth Split belonged to a NASCAR driver last week, this week went to another in Second Split. Carson Hocevar, who nearly won the Daytona 500 this past Sunday, was able to hold off Wyatt Gray, the Daytona winner in Second Split, to claim his first win of the season. Having only run one of the races, his current position in 92nd, but a drop week will factor in, so nobody is truly out of the running just yet. He’s even got one more point in one less week than Alfalla who has run both races up in Top Split.

Logan Helton took the Fourth Split win, which bumped him up to 13th in the overall standings. Of the top-30 after two weeks, the majority of those spots belong to the drivers of Top Split, but there are some drivers in Fourth and Fifth Splits, like Helton and Bierlein, who are making their cases for consideration down there. Shoutout to Paul Mikolajczyk winning it down in 11th Split, but like I said last week, due to the points allocation, these top-30 drivers are likely going to be decided among the top-five splits.

TOP POINTS SCORERS IN RACE NO. 2 AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

TOP 30 STANDINGS (NOT INCLUDING DROP) FOLLOWING RACE NO. 2 AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

NEXT RACE

Following Las Vegas, the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series heads back across the United States over to Rockingham Speedway for the third round of the season. The Championship Series race at The Rock was won by Tucker Minter last season. Coverage for The Rock on February 24th begins at 8 p.m. ET at eNASCAR.com/live and across iRacing social media channels. Tune in 15 minutes earlier to catch the Countdown to Green at 7:45 p.m. ET.

For more information on the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, visit eNASCAR.com or iRacing.com/eNASCAR.
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